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Single rotar rake width

  • 22-08-2018 12:02AM
    #1
    Snowfire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 352 ✭✭


    So, I’m on the lookout for a single rotar rake that will pull a 10ft swart of grass tight to the next swart.
    I’m wondering is a 4.2 meter rake too wide for that job.


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  • #2
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,883 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    Snowfire wrote: »
    So, I’m on the lookout for a single rotar rake that will pull a 10ft swart of grass tight to the next swart.
    I’m wondering is a 4.2 meter rake too wide for that job.

    I used to use a 4.7m one for that


  • #3
    Snowfire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 352 ✭✭Snowfire


    Reggie. wrote: »
    I used to use a 4.7m one for that

    But wouldn’t that be pulling two rows of grass,? I just wanted to pull one row and not disturb the next one.


  • #4
    White Clover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,209 ✭✭✭White Clover


    Snowfire wrote: »
    But wouldn’t that be pulling two rows of grass,? I just wanted to pull one row and not disturb the next one.

    It's better to give all rows a lift. Easier for tbe baler to lift and you'll have a cleaner field.


  • #5
    Nobbies
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 363 ✭✭Nobbies


    3.70 meter would do the job grand.no need for the bigger width if only moving a ten foot swath


  • #6
    Zr105
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,453 ✭✭✭Zr105


    Snowfire wrote: »
    So, I’m on the lookout for a single rotar rake that will pull a 10ft swart of grass tight to the next swart.
    I’m wondering is a 4.2 meter rake too wide for that job.

    We’ve a 4.2 kuhn and you’d need most of it to rake 3 light 10’s into one narrow enough for the baler. You’d think it’s too wide but it can surprise you.


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  • #7
    Snowfire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 352 ✭✭Snowfire


    Nobbies wrote: »
    3.70 meter would do the job grand.no need for the bigger width if only moving a ten foot swath

    Class have a model 370, the spec say 3.7 meter working width, yet the actual rotar diameter is only 2.9 meters.


  • #8
    Snowfire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 352 ✭✭Snowfire


    Zr105 wrote: »
    We’ve a 4.2 kuhn and you’d need most of it to rake 3 light 10’s into one narrow enough for the baler. You’d think it’s too wide but it can surprise you.

    Are you talking about bringing 3 10’s in the one run down the field together, or down one side of the Centre row and up the other..?


  • #9
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,883 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    Snowfire wrote: »
    Class have a model 370, the spec say 3.7 meter working width, yet the actual rotar diameter is only 2.9 meters.

    They measure from the edge of the rotor to the curtain


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